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4 teenage boys shot while leaving party

Published  February 19, 2017 7:14pm EST
U.S.
FOX 29 Philadelphia

WEST PHILADELPHIA (WTXF) - Four teenage boys are recovering in the hospital after they were all shot while leaving a party in West Philadelphia. They were found wounded at three different locations in the area.

Police say it happened at about 9:15pm Saturday. The victims later said the shooting happened on the unit block of Conestoga Street.

At 56th and Market streets, police found two victims. A 16-year-old was shot in the bottom of his left foot and a 15-year-old was shot in the back of his left thigh.

At 54th and Ludlow streets, officers found another 16-year-old victim who'd been shot in his chest.

And in the unit block of 55th Street, they found a 16-year-old who'd been hit in his back.

Police took all four victims to the hospital.

Earlier, police had reported two victims were listed in critical condition and the other two were stable.

The investigation is ongoing, there's no word on any gunmen and no arrests have been made.